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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2014
Thomson Reuters Global Resources, Baar, CH;
Terry S. Dick, Zug, CH;
Jonathan J. Medin, Oberwil bei Zug, CH;
Michael J. Krause, Walchwil, CH;
Daniel Bennett, Rosemount, MN (US);
Jason Rollins, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mathilda Edmunds, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods for linking documents that refer to other documents through implicit linkages. A first document is identified. The first document comprises an authoritative comment regarding a second document and has been explicitly linked to the second document. Then, one or more third documents are identified. The second document cites or is being cited by the one or more third documents and shares common information. Based upon the authoritative comment, the first document is implicitly linked to the one or more third documents via the common information.